UPM Institutional Repository

Prevalence of multidrug resistance Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in chickens slaughtered in selected markets, Malaysia


Citation

Mansouri-Najand, Ladan and Abdul Aziz, Saleha and Wai, Soe Soe (2012) Prevalence of multidrug resistance Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in chickens slaughtered in selected markets, Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 29 (2). pp. 231-238. ISSN 0127-5720

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to determine the occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in live chickens sold at wet markets in Selangor, Malaysia and the multidrug resistance (MDR) profiles of the isolates. Cloacal swabs were taken from the chickens before slaughter and their caecal mucosae were swabbed after slaughter. Of the 90 chickens examined, 68 (75.6%) were positive for Campylobacter. Campylobacter were recovered from caecal swabs (53/90) and cloacal swabs (34/90) and Campylobacter coli (46 isolates) were identified slightly more than Campylobacter jejuni (41 isolates), but these differences were not significant (p<0.05). The most frequently observed resistance was to cephalothin (95.5%), followed by tetracycline (80.8%), erythromycin (51.4%), enrofloxacin (42.4%) and gentamicin (24.4%). Multidrug resistance (resistant to four or more antibiotics) was detected in 35.3% isolates. Campylobacter jejuni showed nine resistance profiles and the most common was to gentamicin-eryhtromycin-enrofloxacin-cephalothin-tetracycline (32.4%) combination while C. coli showed six profiles, with cephalothin-tetracycline (32.2%) combination being most common.


Download File

[img]
Preview
PDF (Abstract)
Prevalence of multidrug resistance Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in chickens slaughtered in selected markets, Malaysia.pdf

Download (37kB) | Preview
Official URL or Download Paper: http://www.msptm.org/journal22.html

Additional Metadata

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Publisher: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
Keywords: Chickens; Campylobacter; Multidrug resistance
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2016 09:27
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2016 09:27
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34705
Statistic Details: View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item